What happens when you stop waiting for permission and decide to bet on yourself?

For Episode 7 of The Closet Confessional, I’m sitting down with Ohavia Phillips-Reed, host, creator, storyteller, entrepreneur, wife, and the woman behind The OH Show. And if you know Ohavia, you already know this conversation was never going to be quiet.

Ohavia has a way of walking into a room and changing the energy. But behind the big personality, the big laugh, and all that OH energy is a story about a little girl who dreamed of having a microphone, a first-generation college graduate finding her way, a woman navigating rejection and reinvention, and someone who ultimately decided to stop waiting for someone else to tell her she belonged.

From television news to creating The OH Show, Ohavia talks about what happens when you hear “no” and decide to build your own “yes.” We get into confidence, visibility, womanhood, marriage, becoming more comfortable taking up space, and what it means to show up as your whole self.

And yes, we open the closet.

Because for Ohavia, style is about more than what you wear. It is part of how you feel, how you see yourself, and how you choose to be seen. The pieces she brings into the conversation become little doorways into memories, identity, confidence, and the rules she has decided she no longer needs to follow.

• dreaming about a life behind the microphone from childhood
• being a first-generation college student and finding her path
• working in television news and navigating rejection
• the moment “no” became the beginning of The OH Show
• betting on yourself before you have all the answers
• confidence, visibility, and taking up space
• womanhood, marriage, and becoming more fully yourself
• the stories and memories hiding inside the closet
• using personal style as a tool for confidence and self-expression
• sharing clothes, breaking style rules, and deciding which rules actually matter
• what it means to become “whole”
• and, of course, the Fast Five

This conversation is full of big energy, big laughs, honest moments, and some really good reminders about what can happen when you stop shrinking yourself to fit the room.

The clothes are the thread. The story is you.

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GUEST | Ohavia Phillips-Reed: @ohaviaphillipsreed

HOST | Kimberly Powell: @the_closetconfessional

PODCAST | Three Lions Creative: @3lionscreative

If this conversation makes you think about a chapter of your own life hiding in your closet, I want to hear about it. Follow the podcast, share this episode with someone who needs a little more OH energy in their life, and keep opening those doors.

Every closet holds a story. Every story connects us.

What happens when the woman you thought you were supposed to become turns into someone completely different?

In this episode, I sit down with Blair Scheuer of That's Very Blair for a conversation about reinvention, motherhood, confidence, career, identity, and all the chapters that make us who we are.

Blair is a former attorney, a proud mama, a lover of personal style, and the woman behind That's Very Blair. But this conversation isn't really about what she wears. It's about the woman underneath it all.

We talk about leaving a career in law and creating a new path, finding yourself within motherhood, building a brand in the public eye, and learning to give yourself permission to evolve. Then we open Blair's closet, where the pieces she has chosen reveal memories, unexpected stories, and different versions of herself.

Because sometimes the things we keep in our closets tell us something about who we were, who we are, and who we're still becoming.

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GUEST | Blair Scheuer: @thatsveryblair

HOST | Kimberly Powell: @the_closetconfessional

PODCAST | Three Lions Creative: @3lionscreative

Every closet holds a story. Every story connects us.

What do working on cars, loving vintage, raising a family, and a rhinestone-covered gown have in common? They're all part of Amber Habit's story.

In this episode, I sit down with Amber Habit of A Shopping Habit for a conversation about personal style, confidence, family, creativity, vintage, and the pieces we choose to keep.

Amber grew up a tomboy, playing sports, working on cars with her dad, and embracing a little DIY everything. Somewhere along the way, that love of making, finding, and figuring things out became part of her journey into vintage and the world of A Shopping Habit.

We talk about the women who influenced her style, her evolution into what she calls "70s boho maximalist," learning to dress for comfort and for herself, and why a great piece is about so much more than its price tag. Then we open her closet and discover the stories behind the pieces she can't let go of, from a fabulous rhinestone Giovani gown to beloved house dresses, animal print, and pieces waiting for their next chapter.

This is a conversation about personal style, but more than that, it's about knowing what makes you feel like yourself.

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GUEST | Amber Habit: @ashoppinghabit

HOST | Kimberly Powell: @the_closetconfessional

PODCAST | Three Lions Creative: @3lionscreative

Every closet holds a story. Every story connects us.